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Re: Patch to check for required programs when building from source check


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: Patch to check for required programs when building from source checkout
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:27:54 -0600
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According to Jim Meyering on 10/14/2008 7:13 AM:
> Oh!  I was using a just-too-old (pre-7.0) version there.
> Thanks for checking and keeping me honest.
> IMHO this means automake is muddying the waters by giving
> something-newer-than automake-1.10.1 the version string "1.10a".

On the other hand, autoconf's m4_version_compare (which is what automake
uses to determine if you are using a new enough version, when you request
1.10a), treats 1.10a > 1.10.1.  In other words, 1.10a is the alpha in
preparation for 1.11, while 1.10.1 is the .1 patch release in the older
1.10 series.  Maybe this is a bug in filevercmp?

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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